There is a dark side of the human condition. It paints leadership in shades of grayand in black.

- Barbara Kellerman

2Webs of Significance

The leader is significant and may or may not hold a formal position of authority.

A leader chooses a particular course of action and then gets others to go along.

Followers are vital to the web of leadership there is no leadership without followers.

3The Webs of Leadership

The leader

The followers

The context

4Why Have We Ignored Bad Leadership?

Reason 1 The use of language

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It cant be leadership if it isnt wrapped in integrity.

Reason 2 Business trumps everything

The American National Character

5Whats the cost of ignoringbad leadership?

If we pretend that bad leadership is unrelated to good leadership, if we pretend to know the one without knowing the other, we will in the end distort the enterprise.

Fundamental proposition To deny bad leadership in the conversation and curriculum is tantamount to a medical school teaching health while ignoring the disease.

6Why Do Leaders Behave Badly?

Leadership traits do matter. Average people who exercise leadership still exceed the average members of their groups in traits such as intelligence, sociability, persistence, alertness, verbal facility, level of energy, and adaptability.

Character matters. To know a persons character is to know their moral compass.

It may simply be in their best (selfish) interests to go with the flow.

Not following may entail risk and certainly requires courage.

8Nazi Germany Had Three Groups of Followers

Bystanders-largest group who simply went along with Hitler. Motivation ranged from self-interest and being part of a national group.

Evildoers-members of units such as the SS. Some were sadists and others believed they were simply killing vermin. Still others turned brutal being brutalized by violence or the threat of violence.

9Nazi Germany Had Three Groups of Followers

Acolytes-The true believers. Deeply committed to Hitler personally and to his political program. Constituted the inner circle (Goring, Goebbels).

10The Good News About Bad Leadership

The good news is that the balance of power between leaders and followers has shifted in recent years. More followers are divesting leaders of some power, authority, and influence. This is all to the good, because once they are entrenched, bad leaders seldom change or quit of their own volition. That means its up to us to insist either on change or an early exit.

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